MIDDLETON, WI, July 13, 2018  Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPB) (Spectrum Brands), a global consumer
products company offering a broad portfolio of leading brands and focused on driving innovation and exceptional customer service, today announced the completion of the previously announced merger between Spectrum Brands and HRG Group, Inc.
(HRG Group). Following the closing, Spectrum Brands continues as the successor to HRG Group under the name Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. Spectrum Brands common stock will continue to trade under the ticker SPB on the
New York Stock Exchange.

The closing of the transaction follows overwhelming approval from shareholders of both Spectrum Brands and HRG Group at their
respective Special Meetings of Shareholders held today.

The combination of Spectrum Brands and HRG Group creates an independent company with a more
widely distributed shareholder base, meaningfully increased trading liquidity in its common stock and an independent governance structure. The combination
provides HRG Group shareholders with the ability to participate in the upside potential of the
combined company while receiving unlocked value from the merger.

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new shareholders and thank
them, and our existing shareholders, for their support, said David M. Maura, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Brands. With this combination completed, Spectrum Brands is well positioned to continue its
transformation and deliver on the Companys long-term potential. Looking ahead, we remain focused on driving meaningful operational improvements across all of our business units and completing our stated asset divestitures to transform into a
faster growing, higher margin business. We will serve our customers, employees and stakeholders with renewed energy and focus as we continue as an independent company.

The combined companys headquarters will remain in Middleton, Wisconsin, and the current Spectrum Brands management team will lead the combined company.
In addition, the combined company will be led by the current Spectrum Brands board following Mr. Ehsan Zargars resignation and the appointment of Mr. David Harris, an independent director nominated by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
(formerly Leucadia National Corporation), a large stockholder of the combined company.

As previously announced on February 26, 2018, under the terms
of the merger agreement, at the closing of the merger HRG Group implemented a reverse stock split such that HRG Group shareholders received in the aggregate a number of shares of the combined company equal to the number of shares of Spectrum Brands
currently held by HRG Group prior to the merger, subject to certain adjustments. Spectrum Brands shareholders received one newly issued share of the combined company for each share of Spectrum Brands that they owned prior to the combination. For
more information regarding the merger, including the stock split, please refer to the definitive proxy statement dated June 12, 2018 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.

Spectrum Brands
Holdings, a member of the Russell 1000 Index, is a global consumer products company offering a broad portfolio of leading brands and focused on driving innovation and exceptional customer service. . The Company is a leading supplier of consumer
batteries, residential locksets, residential builders hardware, plumbing, shaving and grooming products, personal care products, small household appliances, specialty pet supplies, lawn and garden and home pest control products, personal
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